Hi, guys —

I attended a Catholic school, grades K-12. When I was 6-7 years old, I was baptized at my Catholic school church. My brother and I received the sacrament at the same service between 1979 and 1980.

I was a active member in my parish until 1998-1999. The reason I stopped attending is because I started questioning the validity of my Baptism. The priest who baptized me into the Church was arrested and found guilty of horrible things and my heart grew heavy and my mind wondered:

• How could my Baptism have been valid and accepted if the person who was doing it, was not who he said he was?
• If he did all these proven, horrible things, how could he accept me and allow me to believe, when he was not who he said he was?

I feel as though the devil laid his hands on me that day so many years ago, and has never let go.

• Can I be rebaptized?

Janet J.